CRYSTALLINE TREASURES
Dr. Robert Lavinsky's personal collection of Chinese minerals has been assembled over nearly three decades. A large portion of it was debuted at the University of Arizona's Flandrau Science Center at the beginning of the Tucson Show in 2013, and during it's year-long showing, Thousands visited to see the beautiful assemblage of minerals.
A companion book was written in collaboration with Mineralogical Record to introduce the collection and share details about China's mineral heritage. We are pleased to provide the fully illustrated text to you here, via e-book, and by ordering a hard copy from info@iRocks.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Perspective – Harrison Schmitt
Forewards – Steve Smale, Jin Yueming & Jiahua Shou
Preface – Eugene Meieran
Introduction – Guanghua Liu & Robert Lavinsky
Geology – Guanghua Liu
Mining History – Guanghua Liu & Wendell Wilson
Minerals vs. Rocks – Guanghua Liu
In Western Eyes – Thomas Moore & Robert Lavinsky
Photo Galleries of China Minerals
Including galleries of fine mineral specimens from
Anhui Province
Fujian Province
Guangdong Province
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Guizhou Province
Hubei Province
Hunan Province
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Jiangxi Province
Shanxi Province
Sichuan Province
Xinjiang Autonomous Region
Yunnan Province
The Lavinsky China Collection – Wendell Wilson
Crystalline Treasures is reproduced with permission from The Mineralogical Record.